The STG plans to publish the papers presented in Oxford 1996 and Aleppo 2000. Copies of papers should be sent as soon as possible but at the latest before 31 May, 2001 as either hard copy to Scheherazade hassan (21, rue Béranger, F-75003 paris, France; tel./fax: +33 / 1 / 42 744960) or as an attached file by e-mail directed to Leo Plenckers: . (Spuistraat 134, 1012 VB Amsterdam; tel: +31 / 72 / 511 0960) - for more information, please contact the editors.